diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index 905e90f2595756a1a4c56c6d068abfb3091d8c95..83b629b30c61283e17dfa371f016d9de0c73e901 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -921,9 +921,9 @@ struct i915_fbc {
 
 	struct intel_fbc_work {
 		bool scheduled;
+		u32 scheduled_vblank;
 		struct work_struct work;
 		struct drm_framebuffer *fb;
-		unsigned long enable_jiffies;
 	} work;
 
 	const char *no_fbc_reason;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbc.c
index a1988a486b9276954db36e8cb482db283a051887..3993b431b02a41e19cbaec3d64225ec748e606c7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbc.c
@@ -381,7 +381,17 @@ static void intel_fbc_work_fn(struct work_struct *__work)
 		container_of(__work, struct drm_i915_private, fbc.work.work);
 	struct intel_fbc_work *work = &dev_priv->fbc.work;
 	struct intel_crtc *crtc = dev_priv->fbc.crtc;
-	int delay_ms = 50;
+	struct drm_vblank_crtc *vblank = &dev_priv->dev->vblank[crtc->pipe];
+
+	if (drm_crtc_vblank_get(&crtc->base)) {
+		DRM_ERROR("vblank not available for FBC on pipe %c\n",
+			  pipe_name(crtc->pipe));
+
+		mutex_lock(&dev_priv->fbc.lock);
+		work->scheduled = false;
+		mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->fbc.lock);
+		return;
+	}
 
 retry:
 	/* Delay the actual enabling to let pageflipping cease and the
@@ -390,14 +400,16 @@ static void intel_fbc_work_fn(struct work_struct *__work)
 	 * vblank to pass after disabling the FBC before we attempt
 	 * to modify the control registers.
 	 *
-	 * A more complicated solution would involve tracking vblanks
-	 * following the termination of the page-flipping sequence
-	 * and indeed performing the enable as a co-routine and not
-	 * waiting synchronously upon the vblank.
-	 *
 	 * WaFbcWaitForVBlankBeforeEnable:ilk,snb
+	 *
+	 * It is also worth mentioning that since work->scheduled_vblank can be
+	 * updated multiple times by the other threads, hitting the timeout is
+	 * not an error condition. We'll just end up hitting the "goto retry"
+	 * case below.
 	 */
-	wait_remaining_ms_from_jiffies(work->enable_jiffies, delay_ms);
+	wait_event_timeout(vblank->queue,
+		drm_crtc_vblank_count(&crtc->base) != work->scheduled_vblank,
+		msecs_to_jiffies(50));
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev_priv->fbc.lock);
 
@@ -406,8 +418,7 @@ static void intel_fbc_work_fn(struct work_struct *__work)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* Were we delayed again while this function was sleeping? */
-	if (time_after(work->enable_jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(delay_ms),
-		       jiffies)) {
+	if (drm_crtc_vblank_count(&crtc->base) == work->scheduled_vblank) {
 		mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->fbc.lock);
 		goto retry;
 	}
@@ -419,6 +430,7 @@ static void intel_fbc_work_fn(struct work_struct *__work)
 
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->fbc.lock);
+	drm_crtc_vblank_put(&crtc->base);
 }
 
 static void intel_fbc_cancel_work(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
@@ -434,13 +446,20 @@ static void intel_fbc_schedule_activation(struct intel_crtc *crtc)
 
 	WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&dev_priv->fbc.lock));
 
+	if (drm_crtc_vblank_get(&crtc->base)) {
+		DRM_ERROR("vblank not available for FBC on pipe %c\n",
+			  pipe_name(crtc->pipe));
+		return;
+	}
+
 	/* It is useless to call intel_fbc_cancel_work() in this function since
 	 * we're not releasing fbc.lock, so it won't have an opportunity to grab
 	 * it to discover that it was cancelled. So we just update the expected
 	 * jiffy count. */
 	work->fb = crtc->base.primary->fb;
 	work->scheduled = true;
-	work->enable_jiffies = jiffies;
+	work->scheduled_vblank = drm_crtc_vblank_count(&crtc->base);
+	drm_crtc_vblank_put(&crtc->base);
 
 	schedule_work(&work->work);
 }